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Oneview Healthcare wins new hospital contract in US

Irish hospital software group Oneview Healthcare has secured another contract in the United States. The listed company will roll out its interactive patient care product in Lancaster General Hospital, which

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Scottish gov to stream extra £71m into general practice

General practice in Scotland will benefit from an extra £250 million a year by 2021 under wider plans to raise overall annual funding for primary care by £500 million, Scottish

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European experts meet with African regulators to discuss collaboration

Representatives from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) met with medicines regulators from Africa last week to discuss how to improve the availability of high quality, safe and effective medicines to

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Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors associated with cardiometabolic risk factors

The results are from the first investigation to be conducted with baseline data from the PREDIMED-PLUS study, an 8-year multicenter clinical trial based on a nutritional intervention involving an energy-restricted

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University of Cambridge fosters industry-academia collaborations in therapeutics

Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences aims to create world-leading industry-academia collaborations with new initiative The Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS), a new initiative that aims to establish a world-leading

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You Can Watch Fleming’s Original Penicillin Culture in Oxford!

The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford is hosting an exhibition on the history of penicillin and the current challenges of antibiotic resistance featuring the first culture used

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Heart of the matter: Spain’s first artificial heart transplant

A medical team from Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona has successfully performed Spain’s first implant of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart. The 47-year-old patient, was suffering from severe

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Coping mechanism: How businesses can deal with Brexit

Frost & Sullivan, Gary Jeffery comments on the implications of Brexit for businesses both in and out of the UK. Theresa May set out an ambitious plan of maintaining a

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J&J to shutter West Lothian plant

Healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is planning to close its medical manufacturing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, potentially affecting around 400 jobs. The company said it has now triggered a

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Collaboration tackles respiratory irritancy hazard

SenzaGen and AstraZeneca will develop a new genomic signature to distinguish allergens from irritants in the respiratory tract Swedish in vitro testing company, SenzaGen, has signed a collaboration agreement with

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Innovus Receives EU Okay to Market Sensum+ Cream

Innovus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an emerging over-the-counter consumer goods and specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the commercialization, licensing and development of safe and effective non-prescription medicine and consumer care products to

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Pro-Samsung U.K. court ruling hurts AbbVie’s defense against Humira biosims

Score one for Samsung Bioepis in its quest to bring a biosimilar version of AbbVie’s anti-inflammatory behemoth Humira to market in Europe. This week, a U.K. court upturned two of the

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First live-tweet surgery performed by Royal London Hospital

A surgeon at the Royal London Hospital has become the first to live-tweet surgery. Using the @NHS Twitter account, which launched last year to give staff and patients a way

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The potential consequences for cancer care and cancer research of Brexit

In an editorial published in the journal ecancermedicalscience, leading academics from across the UK explore the risks facing cancer care, treatment and research in a post-Brexit world. The editorial is

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Johnson and Johnson “most admired” pharma company

A survey conducted by Fortune determined that the company are most admired by peers out of all the pharma companies globally Johnson and Johnson’s work on HIV may have earned

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Scottish universities link to develop stem cell therapies

Researchers at the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh in Scotland are looking to work with the pharmaceutical industry to improve understanding of the biological processes that could form the basis

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Pharma company Allergan to invest €42m in Irish operations

Dublin-headquartered pharma company Allergan is to invest €42 million in its Irish operations this year. The company, which employs approximately 1,700 people in the Republic, has also announced details of

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Report highlights economic benefits of UK life sciences

The report, commissioned by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and supported by the Association of the British Healthcare Industry (ABHI), the BioIndustry Association (BIA), and the British

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Volkswagen’s excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe

In September 2015, the German Volkswagen Group, the world’s largest car producer, admitted to having installed “defeat devices” in 11 million diesel cars sold worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The

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EU and US Pledge to Recognize Each Other’s GMP Inspections

In a landmark decision, the United States FDA and the European Commission announced on March 2, 2017 that they will recognize each other’s inspection assessments at pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. The Mutual

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MEPs criticise lack of transparency on R&D costs

Price rises in the EU stir Members of European Parliament to discuss ways to make medicines more affordable, including increasing clarity on R&D costs New medicine prices in the EU

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Sheffield Hospitals to lead new virtual surgical centre

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation trust will lead a new virtual specialist surgical centre, designed to tackle complex rare urogenital disorders such as pelvic floor dysfunction and bladder control problems.

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Sales surge for hospital software group Oneview

Oneview Healthcare, the Irish hospital software group, has reported strong revenue growth in its first year as a listed company.

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European Reference Networks: 900 medical teams to connect across Europe for the benefit of patients

On 1 March the newly established European Reference Networks (ERNs) has started their work. ERNs are unique and innovative cross-border

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Sales at Irish-headquartered Jazz Pharma rise 12%

Total revenues at Irish-headquartered Jazz Pharmaceuticals increased 12 per cent in 2016 to $1.5 billion (€1.42 billion ), while net

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Richmond Pharmacology opens new London research facility

Early-phase contract research organisation Richmond Pharmacology has opened its new research facility in London Bridge, at the site formerly known

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Perrigo sells Tysabri rights to Royalty Pharma in €2.7bn deal

Irish consumer healthcare and generic drug group Perrigo said has agreed to sell the royalty stream from its multiple sclerosis

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Russia’s pharma market to almost double by 2021

The company’s latest report states that key drivers of the Russian healthcare market include improving regulatory guidelines and government initiatives

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CHTS & Biopharma Group join forces in Ireland

The Irish division of Crowthorne Hi-Tec Services (CHTS) has joined forces with Biopharma Group to offer combined services throughout the whole

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Big Pharma Firms Were Among Big Investors in Belgium Last Year

Big Pharma companies Pfizer, Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson were among the big investors last year in the Flanders region of

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EMA Recommends Six Medicines for Market Approval

On Feb. 24, 2017, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended six

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FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs Releases Annual Report

FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) released their 2016 Annual Report on Feb. 24, 2017. The report details the office’s accomplishments

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Orphan Drug Natpar Receives EMA Recommendation

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced on Feb. 24, 2017 that its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has

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Boston Scientific recalls Galway-made Lotus heart devices

Boston Scientific said on Thursday it was recalling a range of heart devices made at its Galway plant, sending the

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Novasep Opens New Bioconjugation Unit in France

  On Feb. 23, 2017, Novasep announced the opening of its new €11-million (approximately $11.64 million) bioconjugation unit in the

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Mundipharma to launch Mabthera biosimilar in EU markets

Mundipharma is gearing up to launch biosimilar Truxima in seven European markets for the treatment of certain cancers and inflammatory

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Medtronic’s Irish subsidiary reports nearly 500% rise in turnover

Dublin-domiciled Medtronic, the world’s largest standalone medical device maker, saw profits more than double at its main Irish subsidiary last

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European Commission conditionally approves Roche’s cancer drug Alecensa

Roche’s oral ALK inhibitor, Alecensa, has been conditionally approved in the European Union as a monotherapy for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive

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Sobi enters into new distribution agreement with Valeant for Ammonul

The company has entered into a three-year agreement with Valeant Pharmaceuticals Ireland for the distribution in Europe, the Middle East

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Cambridge Research Biochemicals announces new antibodies catalogue

Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB), specialist in the synthesis of custom peptides and antibody production has announced the release of its new

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Faron Pharmaceuticals recruits first patient for new Traumakine trial

Faron Pharmaceuticals has recruited its first patient to a phase II clinical trial of its lead drug, Traumakine, in the

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Mereo’s brittle bone drug joins EU’s adaptive pathways scheme

UK-based rare and speciality diseases group Mereo BioPharma says its brittle bone disease drug BPS-804 has been accepted to participate

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Sterile Manufacturing Deviations Found at Japan Facility

On Feb. 2, 2017, FDA issued a warning letter to Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. after inspectors found current good manufacturing

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Sartorius and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Collaborate on Training

Sartorius announced on Feb. 17, 2017 that it was partnering with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) research institute to advance

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NHS launches free Wi-Fi in GP surgeries

Over five million patients will soon be able to access Wi-Fi in early adopter GP practices as the NHS takes

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BioMedPartners raise CHF75m fund

Basel-based BioMedPartners announes the first round of BioMedInvest III, its third equity venture capital fund at CHF75m. Up to 16

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New healthcare comms agency launched in UK

Healthcare communications specialists Fiona Edwards and Katie Langdon have launched a new creative agency specialising in pharmaceutical marketing services. Based

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